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From the baseball community on Reddit: Mason Miller went on paternity leave for his child's birth. Max Fried decided he would pitch Game 3 and miss his child's birth.
A little baseball crossover for everyone. . . As someone said on that post, it’s an unfortunate framing as it invites or implies a “correct” move.
There’s no way I would have missed my daughter’s birth. There’s also no way a 5’11” chubby, slow guy who topped out at 60 something mph in high school had a chance to get to the big leagues. The equivalent for me would be missing birth to be present for a big pitch which well. No way.
I have paid more attention to some MLB dads talking about how much it means being a dad and a baseball player. Shohei was going through it earlier this year, Freddie freeman had another kid and spoke nicely about being a dad, and Justin verlander’s last press conference was all about his daughter.
u/smockinCBJ — 8 days ago